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CYCLOPEDIA OF LIVE STOCK AND COMPLETE STOCK DOCTOR. 



symptoms will be noticed: Shiveiin 

 colicky pains; sometimes a hiiskv 



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muscular twitching; restlessness; 

 h; yawning; great dullness, with 



drooi)ing of the ears; occasional tits of delirium; the appetite is soon lost; 

 the milk of cows is suddenly and entirely stopped, more so than in any 

 other disease. In the later stages, the animal grinds its teeth; arches its 

 back; draws its legs together; moans and grunts with each expiration, at 

 which time the breath is held for an instant and then expelled with a grunt. 

 At first the bowels are constipated, but fhis condition is soon followed by 

 violent purging; the dry, hot, red condition of the eyes, nose and mouth, 

 which exist in the early stage, is followed by a discharge of a glairy, watery 



character, soon running into an 

 opaque and turbid form, which 

 is very typical of the disease. 

 In some cases the visible mucous 

 membranes become altered in ap- 

 pearance, by assuming a salmon- 

 red appearance over t'le wnole 

 extent, with deep crimson red 

 patches dotted over the surface. 

 When lying down, the head is 

 usually turned upon the upper 

 flank; the twitching of the mus- 

 cles will b§ noticed more about 

 the neck, shoulders and hind quarters. The discharges from the bowels 

 are at first black, but soon change to a pale greenish brown; they are very 

 foetid and are voided with much straining. The urine is scanty and high 

 colored, and sometimes albuminous. The pulse rises to 120° to 140° per 

 minute; the surface of the body gets deathly cold; weakness increases, the 

 animal lying most of the time; the areolar tissue becomes, in most cases, 

 bloated with air; the animal becomes drowsy, and soon after unconscious- 

 ness sets in; the nostrils flap; the mucous membranes become lead-colored, 

 with purple patches; flatulence supervenes, with involuntary evacuation of 

 fceces, and death soon follows. 



Sometimes the eruption covers the entire body, and, again, it may be 

 wholly wanting. 



III. Texas Fever, Spanish or Splenic Fever. 



This disease is indigenous to the lowlands of Mexico, Texas and other 

 Southern States. It is due to a germ (micrococcus) that takes up its hab- 

 itat in the red blood corpuscles, causing death by destroying them. These 

 genns are carried from place to place and from animal to animal by Texas 



RINDERPEST. 



